Samsung and OpenAI are partnering up to build floating data centres

Samsung Electronics and OpenAI signed a letter of intent for a strategic partnership that will leverage the South Korean conglomerate’s chipmaking, shipbuilding and cloud computing capabilities to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure globally. The partnership’s most novel element involves developing floating data centres, a largely experimental concept that addresses land scarcity while reducing cooling costs and carbon emissions.

Samsung C&T and Samsung Heavy Industries will apply their maritime engineering expertise to make these ocean-based facilities commercially viable, potentially exploring floating power plants and control centres as well.